Micro height gauge



July 18, 1950 G. A. LEMBURG 2,515,719

MICRO HEIGHT GAUGE Filed Sept. 25, 1948 3mm/tom Patented .uy 1,89, 195() A,

. ThisV invention relates toa height gage and scriber designed for precision work. `Anobjectof vthis' invention is to provide a gage embodying a pair of ,base plates between which a pair of parallel guide 'rods are secured, with an adjustable slide or carrier engaging ythe rods,

v'the carrier having fixed thereto a scriber or stylus for engagement with the work. The slide or carrier has fixed thereto a short rod disposed between the guide rods which is adapted to be vengaged by a conventional v.micrometer depth gaga so that the scriber can be accurat'ely'positioned with respect to either of the base plates. Another object of this invention is to provide in a gage of this kind a slidable scriber carrier W1nien`is-rricnona11y nein in its initially adjustedposition', and maybe-firmly locked in adjusted position.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation, partly broken away and in section, of a height gage constructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals I and I I designate generally a pair of blocks constituting base members which are disposed in spaced apart parallel relation, being secured together by means of a pair of elongated rods I2 and I3. The rods I2 and I3 not only space the blocks I0 and II apart, but also provide a guide means for a scriber or stylus carrier I4.

The stylus carrier I4 comprises a block I5 formed with openings I6 and Il through which the rods I2 and I3 respectively engage, and the block I is frictionally held against movement lengthwise of the rods I2 and I3 by means of a friction brake member I8 which is loosely disposed in an opening I9 formed in the block I5.

A spring is disposed in the opening I9 and is tensioned by means of a screw 2l. The block I5 is securely locked against movement lengthwise of the guide rods I2 and I3 by means of a locking member 22 disposed in an opening 23 formed in the block I=5 and in which a locking screw 24 is threaded. The block I5 is formed with an upwardly projecting arm 25 having a slot 26 within which a scriber or stylus 21 is secured by fastening means 28.

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3l) inanopening 3| formed in the block |15 be- 4tweerifthe openings I6 and Il. Preferably the bari; 2`91is v.of a" length equal to substantiallyxonehalf thefdistance between the outer sides of the blockage anelli V, "M In' order to provide 'a means whereby the block I5`with the scriber or stylus y2I maybe adjusted e lengthwise of the guides Iz and I3, the biocks'fl'o and II `are'iormedwith openings 32 and 33 respectively, through which the depth measuring "r`odl34 of amicrometer depth gage 35 of conventional construction is adapted to engage.

1 The'micrometer depth `gage 35 may beext'ended .through either block I0 or Il, dependingon the closest distance the bar 29 is to one of these blocks. v.

As shown in Figure. 1, the lower end of the bar 29 is substantially close to the block I0, and the depth gage 35 is therefore, inserted through the block I0.

The upper end 36 of the bar 29 is in the same horizontal plane as the point 37 of the scriber 2l. In this manner when the bar 29 is such a distance away from the block I0 that the depth gage 35 cannot contact the lower end of the bar 23, the depth gage may be extended through the opening 33 in the block I I. The exact distance of the scriber point 3'! from the outer surface of the block I I may be read directly on the gage member 35. Where the gage member 35 is extended through the block I0, the length of 'bar 29 must be added to the measurement read on the gage 35 to give the exact position of the scriber point 31.

In the use of this device, the carrier I4 is lengthwise adjusted along the guide rods I2 and I3, the clamping screw 24 being initially loosened so that the block I5 will be frictionally held by the frictional brake member I8. The block I5 may then be precision adjusted by means of the depth micrometer gage 35 which will abut against one end of the bar 219. When the carrier I4 has been precision adjusted by the micrometer 35, the carrier may be locked in its adjusted position by tightening of the clamping screw 24. The base member which may be either block I0 or II is then moved over a horizontal plane surface 38 and the scriber point 31 engaged with the vertical surface 39 of the work piece.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claims. I

What I claim is:

1. A height gage for use with a micrometer depth gage comprising a pair of spaced apart.

parallel plates, a pair of spaced apart parallel rods xed between said plates, a slide engaging said rods, means adjusting said slide along said rods, a gage bar xed to said slide between said rods and having a length less than the latter, and a scriber carried by said slide and having the pointthereo coplanar with oneend of said gage bar, said-1plates each having Aan opening therethrough in alignment with said gage bar whereby the gage element of the micrometer may be extended through an opening for contact with an end of said gage bar and.adirect gage reading may be obtained, Ifrom ,the micrometer.

2. A height gage for usenwithl-armicrometer depth gage comprising a pair of spaced apart parallel plates, a pair;r of spaced apart parallel rods xed between sai'd ,platesa slide engaging Said xrojdys, kmeans .adj ustillgr Said, slide alongA said aan ,end of said gage bar and a'directgagereading may i be" obtained from. the micrometer, one;end ,of said gage y bar .projecting --a greater distance afromzfsaid slide than lune other -end wherebyy the gage yelementof ,the micrometer maybe extended through either plate, the `length, of Said gagezbar ,being added to the micrometer reading Whenzthe `|saidrods, means adjusting said. slide along said l 'rodspa gage-.bari fixed tosaid slide f'between said rods and having a length less than 'the latter, ,and a scriber carried by said slide and having the point thereof coplanar with one end of said ,cgagenbanv said plates each having an opening ,therethrough in alignment with said gage bar wherebythe gage element of the micrometer may -,;.be;.extended through an opening for contact with anrend of said gage bar and a direct gage read- Ling-may be obtained from the micrometer, and a spring-pressed brake carried by said slide en- .fgaging :one .130isaidtrods Efor holdingzsaid 'slide against free movement' on saidfrods.

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